Taoiseach and Tánaiste first told of payments issue on Tuesday as politicians get to grips with response
Elsewhere, the Oireachtas media committee is meeting in private session on Friday afternoon to discuss the matter. It is expected to consider whether to have sessions with RTÉ in relation to the scandal.
“They should immediately call in RTÉ management and board and ask for a fulsome explanation of everything: who knew what, when and where and why this account was being used,” he said, adding: ““If government is not prepared to insist on the highest standard of transparency and accountability, why should others in agencies of the state have an interest in transparency?”
A spokesman for Ms Martin said that she was informed there was “an issue” in March but that she was not aware that the issue related to payments to a presenter. The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan were told of the matter on Tuesday, he said. RTÉ has said it first became aware of the issue in “late March” of this year when it identified an issue “in relation to the transparency of certain payments”.
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